Murder Ball
When you hear documentary what comes to mind? Unless you like documentaries, the first thought is probably, “boring”. Not so with Murder Ball, a four year journey into the lives of quadrapalegic rugby players. The movie follows the USA and Canada teams through World Championships and the Paralympics.
The film was well done, revealing the competitive nature of these athletes as they struggle with themselves and the misconceptions surrounding their physical condition. The fact that they are confined to wheelchairs fades from the mind even as I watched them playing a sport that looked like a cross between kill the man with the ball and a human version of Robot Wars. It is competition at its most brutal; these guys are tough and they aren’t about to let anyone forget it.
